Crotch construction for garments



y 1945 v. A. FAEGRE 1 2,375,543

'CROTCH CONSTRUCTION FOR GARMENTS Filed Aug. 28, 1943 Patented May 8, 1945 UNITED. sTArEs PATENT OFFICE 1 I 2,375,543 j v ono'ron CONSTRUCTION Fort GARMENTS victor. A. Faegre, Bronx, NY; Application August'28. 1943, Serial No. 500,406 feoiainis. (01. 2-43) This invention relates'to garment construction, and particularly to the crotch construction of women's body-supporting garments; panty-girdles and the'like usually made 'of relatively heavy, yieldable or elastic body-com pressing and body-conforming material which does not lend itself readily to'crotch construction and which would be impractical from the standpoint of comfort and adaptability to use of the garment if'extended in the crotch.

One. object 'of the invention'is to provide a garment 'of the type referred-to inwhich'a normally closed crotch construction is embodiedgthis construction being suchas to make possible eas opening of the crotch when nec'essaryh Another objectis to provide aconstructionthe parts of which form, in effectanoverlapped .fiy crotch which, being normally in closed condition, affords the desired protectionagainst exposure regardless of the posture of the wearer. 1

A further object is to embody in, a crotch construction a feature of adjustable or automatic uplift in the wearers pelvic region, atthe same time serving to prevent the garment from-riding up on ,o

the wearers body. a r

Still another object is, to provide the crotchforming parts in such a manner'that they may readily be removed and replaced when worn or soiled thus saving the more durable andcostly body portion of the garment for further use;

A still further object is toprovide a crotch having overlapping portions which, though nor-, mally closed over one anothenmay; be separated such as a reactive tension between the crotch members and folded back out of the way, or tucked in down the leg embracing portions of the garment,

catamenial bandage when necessary.

In a preferred embodiment, though not limited thereto, the invention comprises a crotch for wolapping portions inside the leg tending free extensions or tabs provided with fastening means having complements upon adjacent portions of the garment, the complemental'fastentabs to maintain the members of the crotch structure in overlappin olosed'condition, and exerting and thefbody of thegrament to provide an uplift at the crotch, and members arranged interiorly of the crotch structure, and securedto the inner overlapping portion adjacent to its front and rear extremities, towhich a body-contacting protection cloth or the like may be removably attached, all as will be explained hereinafter more full and finally claimed. i

the accompanying drawing illustrating. the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated,

. 1 isa front view of a panty-girdle embody-' Zing the crotch construction as it appears upon-a wearer.

Fig, 2 is a rear .view' of the garment shown in Fjg L. I

Fig.- 3 is a fragmentary front view of the crotch portion of the garment with the fly of the crotch opened.

Fig, 4 is a View similar to Fig. 3 but illustrating a manner of holding the fly of the crotch inopened conditionby tuckingthe free edges of the overagainst the legs of the wearer.

Fig. 5 is an inside plan view of the crotch parts separate'from the body of the garment, and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 1 but showing a modification of the form of the free tabs.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be I seen that the body I of the garment, shown as a to the crotch at front and rear are cut away to.

men's undergarments of the body embracing and conforming type, including two substantially sim ilar pieces of suitable cloth'having longitudinal edges in overlapping arrangement to providea separable fiy closure, this assembly. being united to the garment at the crotch portion thereof along the edges of an appropriately formed crotch aper-- ture, and the front portions of the cloth pieces Where they overlap terminating in" upwardly exlegportions of the garment.

panty-girdle, is of conventional form, but in order to accommodate the fly crotch construction of the invention the leg portions and parts adjacent provide an opening the edges of which are joined to the crotch-forming'parts of the invention by front and rear seams 2 and 3, respectively.

As shown in Fig. 5, thecrotch parts'include similarly shaped and finished pieces of suitable cloth land 5, preferably soft and pliable, arranged with their similar longitudinal edges 6' and I, re-

spectively, insubstantial overlapping relation to provide a. fly, the opposite edges 8 and 8 being hemmed and joined in the'bottom hems ill of the The raw, or unfinished, edges H, ll'and l2, I2 of the partsgl portions and r i and 'are, as above stated,'joined in the scams 2 maybe removably --Obviously, also, the v construction .of the and 3 at the crotch opening.

Theedges I I, I I of the parts 4 and 5 are provided, inline with the. overlapping fly-forming portions, with free extensions or tabs I3 and. I 4, respectively,v provided with fastening means l5,

simplicity makes unlikely errors in assembly and installation and faults in operation which would resultin return of the garment to the'merchant V se1lingit.'

such as members of the. hook-and-eye fasteners;

the complements l6 of which are so'located upon a reactive tension between the body land crotch structure will be produced toinsure a comfort While in normal condition of usethis crotch construction will remain closed and willp-rovide the desired uplift, due to its construction and mode of fastening, and will furnish full protection fromexposure, it may be easily and. quickly'unfastened and opened, and held .open by tucking "its freetabs back along thewearerfsdeg's.

I Various change and modifications are conable closeffit and prevent riding up of the gar-l ment upon the wear'ersbody. Also, the slight lateral offset ,of the fastener elements l6 has a sidered to be within the principle of the invention a and, the s'cope'of the following claims.

tendency to hold the fly parts in overlapped con? dition and the crotch closed.

Obviously, fastening devices other than hooks and eyes may be used, such as the'snap fasteners 11 shown in Fig. 6, and, instead of relying upon alteration of the position of the complemental fastener parts, the tabs may be in the form-of ,adw justable straps, or-rthey may be made as elastic straps or tabs l3", 14", Fig. 6, in order to provide,

automatically, for the proper amount of uplift 5 Referring to Figs. 3, 14am *5, and particularly fly portion of 'the part 5imay be, and preferably is, provided. with, freeswinging ,flap members 18 nr0 n .-f s i mean a te ien 1? serving further'tofpreveht exposure, or a catamenial bandage when necessary.

The .fly crotch thus I produced may be opened by .unfastening the securing; means li -1L6" and 'openable fiyextending through the crotch, and v par-ts carriedby said members andseparable from I to Fig.r5, it will be seenjthat the overlapping inner 7 What I-claim is: x

l. In-a crotch construction for garments, particularlyfor womens undergarments of the panty-girdle type, two membersfor connection to the bodyof the garment at the front and rear and to adjacentleg portions thereof in the region of the crotchand-having adjacent ,freeedges arranged a H medially of the crotch and iservingjto form an said bodyforvzfastening'said members in closedflyl condition with respectto' said'body and for exerting areactive tension between the members ticularly for womens undergarments of-the "panty-girdleltype, two members for'connection to the bodyof the garment atthe front and rear and. to

folding the overlapping portions 6-,,4 outwardly along the weareris legs,. as shown in 3 or, aft thw 13 an M v b s 'u e ien i they'andportionsbf' the parts 4 and 5 may be tuckedinside the leg portions'against the wearers legs, as shown inFig. '4'. In either procedure, but particularly in the latterv (Fig. {1), the, wearers hands are left free because the crotch fly will remain open'and retracted from the zone of'possiisuch open condition; Although the'free tab s' l3 ble soiling without being held by the hands and- [4 are shown as fastened to the outsideof the garment, which is preferred, it'is practical to insertand fasten them inside the garment,fthat' is to say, between the front panel of the-garment and thewearers body.

Theprotectioh Cloth '21 may be used or not, as desired If not-used, soiling of the crotch of the garment, or its ultimatewearing out, doesnot necessitate the discarding of the whole garment, as the crotch construction is to be .considere'dvas a removable, replaceable.;"unit, and it is aparent that instead of joining the crotch parts-to the body by relatively permanent scams 2 and 3, they attached by suitable fastening means- Itwill be understood, moreover; that the'crotch construction of the -invention,'- having reference particularly to Fig. 4, may be considered as a unitary assembly for application to garments not especially designedto receive -it,,as' very little alteration; of any of the known types of such garments, particularly panty-girdles, would be nec v essaryto adapt them to its inclusion. a

. fly crotch is.. 'sosimple and so practical in point of use'that its purpose and. mode of operation are;

immediately apparent. ;And, furthermore, this r and having overlapping adjacent edges arranged adjacent leg portions thereof in'thereg'ion' of the crotch said .members having adjacent free edges arranged medially'of' the crotch andfserving to form an :openable' fly extending through the crotch, the free edge of one of said memb'ers being designed to overlap" the'free edge pf the other 7 member, and means carried by said members and separable fromsaidbo'dy for fastening said mem bers in close'd-flyconditionwith respect to' said xbodyand for'exerting a reactive tension between the members and the body to provide an uplift at the crotch of the wearer;

{3. In crotch construction forfgarments; p'ar-' ticularly for womens undergarment of the pany ty-girdl'e type,v two members for connection tothe body of the garment injth'e region of the crotch to form 'an' openable' fly extending through; the crotch, and means including extensions of said members substantially: in alignmentwith the over-lapping edges attachable to and'detachable from said body, said extensions when attached to said body serving to maintain said members in closed-fly condition and'to exert a reactive'tenand having normallyoverlapping free edge portions extending through the crotch and forming an openable fly therethrough, freeextensions on said members in continuation of their overlapping edge portions, fastening means on saidextensions and [complemental fastening means on adjacent parts of the garment body and offset laterally of the longitudinal center of said body, whereby the free extension of the member on the right of1the crotch may be attached'to the body at the left of sion between the members and the body to prothe longitudinal center thereof, and the free extension of the member on the left of the crotch may beattached to the body at the right 'of the longitudinal center thereof, for fastening said members in overlapping closed-fly condition and for exerting a reactive tension between them and the garment body to provide an uplift at the crotch of the wearer. i I

5; A crotch construction as claimed in claim 1, in which means are provided for the attachment of a protection cloth between the fly and the wearers body.

6. A crotch construction as claimed inclaim in which meansare provided upon the inner d the 

